Social Issues Pathfinder

Social Issues Pathfinder

Circulating Books

The library has hundreds of book on social issues of our time. To locate these books visit our online catalogand do a series title using on of the following series:

• At Issue
• At Issue in History
• Current Controversies
• Introducing Issues with Opposing Viewpoints
• Issues in Focus Today
• Opposing Viewpoints
• Opposing Viewpoints Sources
• Point / Counterpoint
• Social Issues Firsthand
• Teen Issues

Reference

• CQ Researcher 300.5
• Encyclopedia of Sociology (4 vols.) 301.03 ENC
• The Encyclopedic dictionary of sociology 301.3 ENC
• Grolier Pro/Con Series 300 Pro/Con
• A modern dictionary of sociology 301.03 THE
• Taking Sides Series 300 TAK

Databases

• ABC-CLIO Issues: Provides articles on social issues in society.
• Opposing Viewpoints: balance and perspective on hundreds of topics with overviews, biographies and news sources.
• Facts on File: Issues and Controversy: In depth investigation of today's top issues
• CQ Researcher: Pro/Con articles, overviews, in depth analysis of controversial issues.
• Points of View Reference Center: Includes full text articles, images, videos, primary source documents that explore multiple sides of a current issues
• Student Resources in Context: Great resource for a variety of research topics.
• ABC-CLIO E-Book Collection: Access to digital book collection.
• Gale Virtual Library: Provides access to e-books. (Password: elvis)
• Pop Culture Collection: Update to date information in social science. (Password: elvis)
• Popular Magazines Collection: 1000 of the most searched magazines.

Web Portals for Social Issues

• Pro/Con.org: The Pros and Cons of Controversial Issues
• Gallop Organization: Social Issues and Policy-Articles and statistics based on polling data
• Internet Public Library: Social Issues and Social Welfare
• Yahoo Directory for Social Issues and Causes
• Open Directory for Social Issues
• Social Explorer: Demography 1790-present